musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Would like to be able to move (unbracketed) tuplet numbers with arrow keys

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Since Jul 3, 2026.

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Description

Your idea

Un-bracketed tuplet numbers cannot be nudged any way with arrow keys. Being able to do this would allow for greater precision.

Problem to be solved

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a27fa27a-1cfd-4dcc-8bd8-1b9a4feb41ea

Prior art

Sibelius allows arrow movement of these.

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